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TTOTJSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES,  December  18,  1863.~Reaa 
first  and  Focond  times,  referred  to  the  Coimriitteo  on  Quartermaster 
and  Ccmniissary  Departments,  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 

[By  Mr.  Clapp.] 


A.   BILL 

To  bo  entitled  An  Act  to  amend  An  Act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  pre- 
vent fraud  in  the  Quartermaster's  and  Commissary's  Departments, 
and  the  obtaining  under  false  pretense  transportation  for  private 
property,"  approved  May  1st,  1863. 

1  Sfxtion   1.   The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do 

2  enact.  That  in  each  military  department  or  district  there  shall  bo 
S     appointed  by   the  President,  as  soon  as  practica.ble,  after  the 

4  passage  of  this  act,  such  number  of  persons  as  he  may  deem 

5  necessary,  who  are  over  the  age  of  forty-five  years,  or  unable  to 

6  perform  duty  in  the  field,  as  Inspectors  of  Quartermaster's  and  Com- 

7  missaries'  accounts,  v,hose  duty  it  shall  be  to  ascertain  by  such 

8  means  as  may  be  necessary  whether  the  several  Assistant  Quarter 

9  masters  and  Commissaries,  whether  stationed  at  posts  or  accompa 
10  Dying  the  troops  in  the  field,  within  the  district  or  limits  assigned 


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11  to  such  inspectors  of  accounts,  respectively,  hare  duly  executed 

12  and  delivered  official  bonds,  as   required  by  law,  the  amount  and 

13  adequacy  of  the  bond  in  each   case,   and  the  sufficiency  of  the 

14  security  thereto ;  to  examine  carefully  and  as  often   as  once  in 
1,5  every    two    months,    if   practicable,    the    books,   accounts,    and 

16  vouchers  of  each  quartermaster  and   commissary,   ascertain  his 

17  manner  of  purchasing,  distributing,  preserving  or  transporting 

18  such  Government  property  and  supplies   as  may  come  to  his 

19  hands,  the  character  and  extent  of  his   official  transactions  and 

20  the  number  and  age  of  the  agents  or  subordinates  in  his  employ ; 

21  and  to  inquire  diligently  into  all  violations  of  the  act  of  which 

22  this  is  an  amendment,  a  copy  of  which,   and   also    of  this  act, 

23  shall  be  procured  by  each  of  said  inspectors  before  entering  upon 

24  the  duties  of  his  office  ;  and  in  all  cases  of  doubt  or   suspicion 

25  the    said   inspectors    shall     obtain    such   proof    or    information 

26  as   is   practicable  of  the   supposed   offence,   and  shall   preserve 

27  a  memorandum  thereof  in  writing,  including  the  names  and  loca- 

28  tion  of  witnesses,  and  shall  at  least  as  often  as  once  in  every 

29  month    report    in    writing,    the    result   of    their    investigations 

30  to  the  Quartermaster    or    Commissary    General    as    the    matter 

31  reported  may  pertain  to  the  department  of  one   or  the  other, 

32  which  reports  shall  be  preserved  among  the  files  of  the  depart- 

33  ment  to  which  they  are  transmitted. 

1         Sec.  2.  The  office  of  Inspector  of  Quartermasters'  and  Com- 


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2  misBaries'  accounts  hereby  created  shall  continue  so  long  as  the 

3  President  may  deem  it  conducive  to  the  public  interests  to  make 

4  appointments  for  the  same  and  the  person  filling  said  office  shall 

5  receive  a  compensation  of  dollar?!  per  day  and  ten  cents 

6  per  milf,  Avlipu  travelling  in  the  discharge  of  hi?  official  business, 

7  ond  when  inspecting  the  accounts  of  quartermasters  and  commis- 

8  saries    with    the    tro;ips,    he     shall    also  be    entitled    to  draw 

9  rations  for  himself  and  forage  for  his  horse,  where  a  horse  is 
r.>  necessary  for  the  performance  of  his  duties,  and  his  account, 

1 1  when  stated  for  monthly  periods  and  supported  by  affidavit  shall, 

12  upon  the  certificate  or  order  of  the  Quartermaster  General,  be 

13  paid  by  any  quartermaster  to  whom  it  may  be  presented  within 

14  the  district  or  limit?  of  such  inspector;  but  before  entering  upon 

15  the  duties  of  his  office   he  shall  take  and  subscribe  an  oath  in 
It)  writing,   to  be  filed   in   the   department  of  the  Quartermaster 

17  General,  for  the  faithful  performance  thereof,  and  any  derelic- 

18  tion  of  duty,  shall  be  cause   of  immediate  removal  and  of  for- 

19  feiturc  of  all  compensation  accruing  and  unpaid  at  the  time  of 

20  such  removal. 


